KROK 1 2023 – Question 87 · KROK (Medicine) · Biology
What period of the malaria plasmodium life cycle coincides with the manifestation of clinical symptoms of malaria in a patient?
- A. When merozoites emerge from destroyed erythrocytes
- B. When sporozoites enter the human bloodstream
- C. During gametocyte formation
- D. When merozoites invade erythrocytes
- E. In the period of tissue schizogony
Hint
Think about which event in the erythrocytic cycle releases parasite waste products and pyrogens into the blood simultaneously, producing synchronised attacks.
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